Fresh-air bed.



R. SPENCER & C. C. BLAND.

FRESH AIR BED.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1911. 'Lll Patented June 22, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON. D. C.

ROBERT SPENCER AND CHARLES C, BLAND, 0F TERRE I-,ll.UTE, lNDl-LN.

FRESH-AIR BED.

minets.

Application filed July 29, 1911.

T0 all eoiomit may concerny Be it known that we, ROBERT SPENCER and CHARLES C. BLAND, citizens of the United States, residing at rlerre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Fresh-Air Beds, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to beds, contemplating in particular the production of a portable swinging bed adapted for use out of doors.

One essential of the invention is an insectproof bed inclosure provided with a stable bed frame, the inclosure being supported for swinging movement in a portable framework.

Another salient feature resides in means to lock the bed inclosure against swinging movement when desired.

@ne object of the invention is the production of a bed which will enable the user thereof, as an invalid, for instance, to get the benefit derived from out-of-door sleeping or rest and a perfectly unimpeded circulation of fresh air and at the same time to be effectually protected from annoyance by insects, and enabled to avoid the frequentlyexperienced lack of proper fresh air circulation or drafts incident to indoor sleeping.

Another object is to provide a fresh-air bed of simple construction which can be conveniently and readily moved wherever desired in order that the user may take advantage of a breeze from any direction or of the shade of a tree or the like, and which can be employed as a swinging crib if desired.

The invention will now be described in the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

1n the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view, partly broken away, showing our improved fresh-air bed, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly broken, showing the means for locking the bed inclosure against swinging` movement.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein similar parts are denoted by similar characters of reference throughout the several views,

' 1 denotes a supporting framework compris- Specfication of Letters Patent.

Patented dunne 22, 1915.

serial No. 641393.

dium of removable bolts to provide for ready disengagement for storage or shipping purposes as may be found expedient. The framework, while of strong and stable construction is designed to be of sui'licient lightness to enable the structure, when supporting the bed in operative position., to be readily and easily moved as found desirable or convenient. An approximately rectangular bed-inclosing element comprises a skeleton frame 5, formed of material of appropriate proportions, tautly connected to which are screen sections G, formed of nonrusting material and of sufficiently fine mesh to eectually exclude mosquitoes, flies, and the like, the several screen sections forming the sides and ends of the bed inclosure, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, one of the sides including a hinged door 7. The bed inclosure is supported for swinging movement between the stanchions 3 by means of a plurality of supporting rings 8 attached to the hang beam 4l and coperating hooks 9 connected to metal straps 10 lixedly straddling that edge of the inclosure common to the uppermost sides of the same when said inclosure is in suspended operative position, said rings and hooks being adapted for ready disengagement when found desirable to disconnect the bed inclosure from its supporting frame.

11 denotes a locking-rod comprising sections 12 and 13 pivotally connected at 14: and disposed along one stanchion 3 and the base beam respectively, section 13 being pivotally mounted on the latter at 15 and terminally provided with an upwardly-extending locking lug 16 passing through aperture 17 in said beam and designed to engage locking aperture 18 formed in a locking plate 19 secured to the bed inclosure and lock the latter against swinging movement when desired. Section 12 is operatively held to its cooperating stanchion 8 for movement longitudinally thereof in any suitable manner, as by staples or the like, and is provided on its upper end with anoperating ring or handle 20 and, adjacent said ring, with a retaining notch 21 designed, when the said section is moved to the limit of its upward movement, to engage pin 22 projecting from the stanchion and maintain lug 16 out of locking engagement with aperture 18 and permit the bed inclosure to be swung if desired, section 12 of the locking rod, through its weight, when free, normally holding said M-mmme lug in said aperture. Disposed within the bed inclosure, preferably below the horizontal median line thereof, and either permanently attached thereto or adapted for removal, is a bed frame 23 designed of course to support the'bed furnishings of the user. It is to be observed that the method of supporting the bed inclosure, thatv is, from an edge common to two of the sides of said inclosure provides for easy swinging of the latter with but little effort and also insures a closed position of the door 7 during said swinging without providing a catch for the door. rlhe user of the bedV eects his entrance by simply swinging the inclosure a short distance from himself, thus lowering the door, lifting the latter and stepping upon the outer rail of the bed frame, the door, at the termination of said entrance, falling to closed position and the inclosure swinging to normal upright position, while the occupant, without emerging from the in closure can, by lifting the door a short distance, easily reach operating handle 20 and maintain the bed against movement, if desired.

From the above description it will be noted that the particular form and manner of supporting the ,bed closure is important. First in providing below the bed proper a Ventilating space which is fully screened and protected; secondly in providing a gradually-increasing width for a considerh able distance above the bed proper; and thirdly, in arranging the upper bar as a support for an opaque covering where shade or darkness is required, the divergent sides of the closure properly supporting and carv readily portable fresh-air bed adapted for the use of invalids if desired or, in conformity with the modern doctrine of the benefit of outdoor sleeping generally, adapted to replace the ordinary in-door bed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a main frame including uprights and upper and lower crossbars connecting said uprights, of a diamondshaped screen-covered bed inclosure, a door comprising one of the upper faces of said diamond shaped bed inclosure and wholly below said upper cross bar, whereby it is normally held closed by gravity, means removably connecting one of the major-length members of said diamond-shaped bed inclosure to the upper cross-bar to swingingly suspend said inclosure from thel upper cross bar and between and free of contact with the uprights, a bed support arranged in said inclosure between the lowermost edge thereof and the point of maximum width of said inclosure, and means cooperating with the inclosure to fix the inclosure with relation to the main frame, said means engaging the inclosure on the line diagonally opposed to the point of connection of said inclosure to the upper cross-bar, whereby when the inclosure is fixed with relation to the main frame the bed support is maintained horizontal and the space within the inclosure above the bed support is of gradually increasing width for a portion of its height.

ln testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT SPENCER. CHARLES C. BLAND.

lllitnesses ARTHUR Dnn'rnn, LILLIAN M. HARRISON.

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Washington, D. C. 

